Zaghari-Ratcliffe: MPs to hold inquiry into delay over Iran debt payment

Foreign affairs committee inquiry could help determine why it took six years to secure release

An inquiry into why the British government took more than 30 years to pay a 400m debt to the Iranian government that was deemed fundamental to the release of British-Iranian dual nationals held in Iranian jails is to be mounted by the foreign affairs select committee.

The decision was taken in principle by the committee on Monday, a committee source said, but will not start until Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and any other former prisoners feel ready to provide evidence.